Relativistic turning acceleration of resonant electrons by coherent whistler mode waves in a dipole magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Omura, Yoshiharu ^a   Furuya, Naoki ^a   Summers, Danny ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 34548335370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012243     Document Type: Article

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